Rufino Tamayo

Rufino Tamayo
Tamayo in 1945, photo by Carl Van Vechten
Born
Rufino del Carmen Arellanes Tamayo

(1899-08-25)25 August 1899
Died24 June 1991(1991-06-24) (aged 91)
Mexico City, Mexico
EducationMaría Izquierdo, José Vasconcelos (National Archaeological Museum)
Known forPainting and drawing
MovementModernism
SpouseOlga Flores
ElectedHead of the Department of Ethnographic Drawings, Escuela Nacional de Artes Plasticas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Websitewww.rufinotamayo.org.mx/wp

Rufino del Carmen Arellanes Tamayo (August 25, 1899 – June 24, 1991) was a Mexican painter of Zapotec heritage, born in Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico.[1][2] Tamayo was active in the mid-20th century in Mexico and New York, painting figurative abstraction[3][4] with surrealist influences.[1]

  1. ^ a b Sullivan, 170-171
  2. ^ Ades, 357
  3. ^ Carlos Suarez De Jesus (2007). "Mexican Master". The Miami New Times. Retrieved October 1, 2007.
  4. ^ The Adani Gallery (2007). "Rufino Tamayo". The Adani Gallery. Retrieved October 1, 2007.